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Life Science Ch, 9

Chapter 9: Protists & Fungi Study Activity

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Plantlike protists are referred to as... Algae
A foot-like cytoplasmic projection... Pseudopod
Short hair-like structures, extending from cell membrane, used in movement... Cilia
Reproductive cell of fungi... Spore
Sacs of reproductive cells of yeasts, morels, truffles, and other sac fungi... Asci
Form of reproduction used by yeasts, in which new organisms grows of the side of the parent... Budding
Structure in club fungi holding reproductive cells... Basidium
Organism made up of a fungus and green algae or cyanobacteria... Lichen
Thread-like tubes that make up a fungus... Hyphae
Population explosion of dinoflagellates... Red Tide
Eukaryotic organisms that are plantlike, animal-like, of fungus-like belong to the _________ Kingdom. Protist
__________ are hypothesized to be the ancestors of animals. Protozoans
The most numerous of all the algae are __________ Diatoms
Red tides are caused by ____________ Dinoflagellates
In the phylum Rhodophyta, ____________ pigments absorb light up to 175 meters deep. Red
__________ Move about and feed using foot-like projection of cytoplasm. Sarcodines
Flagellates are beneficial to termites because they ___________ food. Digest
___________ are short, oar-like or hair-like projections extending from cell membrane. Cilia
The phylum sporozoa contains only small, ___________ protozoans Parasitic
The cells of a slime mold reproduce the same way ___________ do Fungi
A ____________ caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840's Water Mold
The body of a fungus is usually a mass of thread-like tubes called _____________ Hyphae
The cell walls of the thread-like tubes of a fungus are made out of _____________ Chitin
Zygote fungi produce reproductive cells in cases called Sporangia
Common name for the organism that contains chloroplasts, flagella and an eyespot Euglena
Common name for the organism that has silica in cell walls, and body in two halves Diatoms
Common name for the 'spinning flagellate' that sometimes contains a nerve poison Dinoflagellate
Common name for the organism that has a variety of different forms and who's chlorophyll gives it a distinct 'green' color Green Algae
Common name for the organism that contains the carbohydrate carrageenan Red Algae
Common name for the organism that contains the carbohydrate algin Brown Algae
All protists have a ____________ which is why they are considered Eukaryotic. Membrane-bound Nucleus
Because there are few ____________ of protists, our knowledge of their evolution is incomplete. Fossils
All algae are capable of making their own food because they contain some form of _____________ Pigment
Animal-like protists are referred to as ____________ Protozoa
Protozoa are classified by their means of __________________ Movement
Dysentery is caused by what organism? Amoeba
Dutch Elm Disease is caused by what organism? Sac Fungi
Malaria is caused by what organism? Plasmodium
Ringworm is caused by what organism? Imperfect Fungi
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